Cleveland Councilwoman Jasmin Santana questions Tracy Martin-Thompson and Brian Kimball at a Human & Health Service Committee Meeting.
In the early months of the pandemic, Cleveland City Councilwoman Jasmin Santana, who represents a West Side ward with the densest population of Latinos in the city, said health department officials reassured her that when the city released urgent health updates, they would be translated into Spanish.
It didn’t happen.
The city put out public releases, sometimes daily as the pandemic evolved, about safety precautions, work restrictions and how many people were infected with the virus. But the information didn’t seem to make its way to the Spanish-speaking residents in Santana’s ward, where close to 40% of residents are Hispanic.
Good-government advocate says Cleveland’s nighttime announcements raise the prospect of secrecy
Updated Feb 22, 2021;
Posted Feb 22, 2021
A good-government advocate frowns on the practice of Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson’s administration of dropping potentially sensitive announcements into evening postings typically devoted to the coronavirus pandemic, saying the administration risks spawning suspicions that it is trying to hide information from the public.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – A good-government advocate frowns on the practice of Mayor Frank Jackson’s administration of dropping potentially sensitive announcements into evening postings typically devoted to the coronavirus pandemic.
Contacted about the practice by cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer, Ohio Common Cause Executive Director Catherine Turcer said the administration risks spawning suspicions that it is trying to hide information from the public.
North Royalton experiences 16 water main breaks to start 2021, seeks help from Cleveland Division of Water Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com
NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio – The city will ask the Cleveland Division of Water for financial help in replacing main water lines, more than a dozen of which have broken in North Royalton during the first month of 2021 alone.
The issue came up during a Feb. 2 meeting of City Council’s Utilities Committee. Councilmen Vincent Weimer and Michael Wos discussed water main breaks that have occurred in the southwest corner of town, within their Wards 5 and 6, respectively. The breaks have cracked streets and driveways.